See caller on Wiktionary
Download JSON data for caller meaning in All languages combined (9.5kB)
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "caller ID"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "chart caller"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "cold caller"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "cop-caller"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "crank caller"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "fox caller"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "name-caller"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "nuisance caller"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "shot caller"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "callar"
},
"expansion": "Middle English callar",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "call",
"3": "er",
"id2": "agent noun"
},
"expansion": "call + -er",
"name": "suffix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English callar, equivalent to call + -er.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "callers",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "caller (plural callers)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Telephony",
"orig": "en:Telephony",
"parents": [
"Electronics",
"Telecommunications",
"Technology",
"Communication",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Coordinate term: callee"
},
{
"text": "- I've got someone on the line.\n- Who's the caller?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2023 February 16, WCCO Staff, “Julissa Thaler sentenced to life in prison for murdering 6-year-old son, Eli Hart”, in cbsnews.com",
"text": "Thaler was arrested in Orono last May when a caller reported that the car she was driving had a shattered rear window and a blown-out tire.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The person who makes a telephone call."
],
"id": "en-caller-en-noun-vkUxKdt1",
"links": [
[
"telephony",
"telephony"
],
[
"call",
"call"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(telephony) The person who makes a telephone call."
],
"topics": [
"communications",
"electrical-engineering",
"engineering",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"telecommunications",
"telephony"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "64 2 15 2 2 15",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "the person who makes a telephone call",
"word": "volající"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 2 15 2 2 15",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "the person who makes a telephone call",
"word": "beller"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 2 15 2 2 15",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "the person who makes a telephone call",
"word": "soittaja"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 2 15 2 2 15",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "the person who makes a telephone call",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "téléphoneur"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 2 15 2 2 15",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "the person who makes a telephone call",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "appelant"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 2 15 2 2 15",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "the person who makes a telephone call",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Anrufer"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 2 15 2 2 15",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "the person who makes a telephone call",
"word": "hívó"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 2 15 2 2 15",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "the person who makes a telephone call",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "telefonker"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 2 15 2 2 15",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "the person who makes a telephone call",
"word": "dzwoniący"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 2 15 2 2 15",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "the person who makes a telephone call",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "chamador"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 2 15 2 2 15",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zvonjaščij",
"sense": "the person who makes a telephone call",
"word": "звонящий"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 2 15 2 2 15",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "the person who makes a telephone call",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "llamador"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "12 35 24 2 3 24",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "People",
"orig": "en:People",
"parents": [
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "a gentleman caller",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A visitor."
],
"id": "en-caller-en-noun-GpGUQS74",
"links": [
[
"visitor",
"visitor"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Bingo",
"orig": "en:Bingo",
"parents": [
"Games",
"Recreation",
"Human activity",
"Human behaviour",
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The person who stands at the front of the hall and announces the numbers."
],
"id": "en-caller-en-noun-HK02VxwV",
"links": [
[
"bingo",
"bingo"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(bingo) The person who stands at the front of the hall and announces the numbers."
],
"topics": [
"bingo",
"games"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Programming",
"orig": "en:Programming",
"parents": [
"Computing",
"Software engineering",
"Technology",
"Computer science",
"Engineering",
"Software",
"All topics",
"Sciences",
"Applied sciences",
"Media",
"Fundamental",
"Communication"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "If the called function throws an exception, the caller should be prepared to handle the error.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A function that calls another (the callee)."
],
"id": "en-caller-en-noun-pLNV8wcl",
"links": [
[
"programming",
"programming#Noun"
],
[
"function",
"function"
],
[
"call",
"call"
],
[
"callee",
"callee"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(programming) A function that calls another (the callee)."
],
"topics": [
"computing",
"engineering",
"mathematics",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"programming",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A whistle or similar item used to call foxes."
],
"id": "en-caller-en-noun-eB8uA0Ch",
"links": [
[
"whistle",
"whistle"
],
[
"fox",
"fox"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Dance",
"orig": "en:Dance",
"parents": [
"Art",
"Recreation",
"Culture",
"Human activity",
"Society",
"Human behaviour",
"All topics",
"Human",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "22 9 14 16 5 33",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "24 10 9 14 12 32",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"parents": [
"Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "15 11 13 12 9 40",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun)",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "25 11 16 4 11 34",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Musicians",
"orig": "en:Musicians",
"parents": [
"Music",
"Occupations",
"Art",
"Sound",
"People",
"Work",
"Culture",
"Energy",
"Human",
"Human activity",
"Society",
"Nature",
"All topics",
"Human behaviour",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The person who directs dancers in certain dances, such as American line dances and square dances."
],
"id": "en-caller-en-noun-cw2DMJTt",
"links": [
[
"dance",
"dance#Noun"
],
[
"dancer",
"dancer"
],
[
"dance",
"dance"
],
[
"line dance",
"line dance"
],
[
"square dance",
"square dance"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(dance) The person who directs dancers in certain dances, such as American line dances and square dances."
],
"topics": [
"dance",
"dancing",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"sports"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈkɔːlə/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈkɔlɚ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈkɑlɚ/",
"tags": [
"cot-caught-merger"
]
},
{
"homophone": "collar (in accents with the cot-caught merger)"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔːlə(ɹ)"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-caller.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e8/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-caller.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-caller.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e8/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-caller.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-caller.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"word": "caller"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "enm",
"3": "calver",
"id": "flaky",
"t": "interspersed with flakes"
},
"expansion": "Middle English calver (“interspersed with flakes”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "ang",
"3": "calwer"
},
"expansion": "Old English calwer",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "calver"
},
"expansion": "English calver",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English calver (“interspersed with flakes”), from Old English calwer. Cognate with English calver.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "mair caller",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "maist caller",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"10": "maist caller",
"11": "",
"12": "",
"13": "",
"14": "",
"2": "adjective",
"3": "comparative",
"4": "mair caller",
"5": "",
"6": "",
"7": "",
"8": "",
"9": "superlative"
},
"expansion": "caller (comparative mair caller, superlative maist caller)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "caller (comparative mair caller, superlative maist caller)",
"name": "sco-adj"
}
],
"lang": "Scots",
"lang_code": "sco",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "92 8",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Scots entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Wha'll buy my caller herrin’, / New drawn frae the Forth? (Caroline Oliphaunt, ‘Caller Herrin'’)"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Fresh (of food, especially fish)."
],
"id": "en-caller-sco-adj-C1WwK2Ro",
"links": [
[
"Fresh",
"fresh"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Cool."
],
"id": "en-caller-sco-adj-G9iCtqY0",
"links": [
[
"Cool",
"cool"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈkɑlər/"
}
],
"word": "caller"
}
{
"categories": [
"English 2-syllable words",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun)",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English terms with homophones",
"Rhymes:English/ɔːlə(ɹ)",
"Rhymes:English/ɔːlə(ɹ)/2 syllables",
"en:Musicians",
"en:People"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "caller ID"
},
{
"word": "chart caller"
},
{
"word": "cold caller"
},
{
"word": "cop-caller"
},
{
"word": "crank caller"
},
{
"word": "fox caller"
},
{
"word": "name-caller"
},
{
"word": "nuisance caller"
},
{
"word": "shot caller"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "callar"
},
"expansion": "Middle English callar",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "call",
"3": "er",
"id2": "agent noun"
},
"expansion": "call + -er",
"name": "suffix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English callar, equivalent to call + -er.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "callers",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "caller (plural callers)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples",
"en:Telephony"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Coordinate term: callee"
},
{
"text": "- I've got someone on the line.\n- Who's the caller?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2023 February 16, WCCO Staff, “Julissa Thaler sentenced to life in prison for murdering 6-year-old son, Eli Hart”, in cbsnews.com",
"text": "Thaler was arrested in Orono last May when a caller reported that the car she was driving had a shattered rear window and a blown-out tire.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The person who makes a telephone call."
],
"links": [
[
"telephony",
"telephony"
],
[
"call",
"call"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(telephony) The person who makes a telephone call."
],
"topics": [
"communications",
"electrical-engineering",
"engineering",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"telecommunications",
"telephony"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "a gentleman caller",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A visitor."
],
"links": [
[
"visitor",
"visitor"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Bingo"
],
"glosses": [
"The person who stands at the front of the hall and announces the numbers."
],
"links": [
[
"bingo",
"bingo"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(bingo) The person who stands at the front of the hall and announces the numbers."
],
"topics": [
"bingo",
"games"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples",
"en:Programming"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "If the called function throws an exception, the caller should be prepared to handle the error.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A function that calls another (the callee)."
],
"links": [
[
"programming",
"programming#Noun"
],
[
"function",
"function"
],
[
"call",
"call"
],
[
"callee",
"callee"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(programming) A function that calls another (the callee)."
],
"topics": [
"computing",
"engineering",
"mathematics",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"programming",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A whistle or similar item used to call foxes."
],
"links": [
[
"whistle",
"whistle"
],
[
"fox",
"fox"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Dance"
],
"glosses": [
"The person who directs dancers in certain dances, such as American line dances and square dances."
],
"links": [
[
"dance",
"dance#Noun"
],
[
"dancer",
"dancer"
],
[
"dance",
"dance"
],
[
"line dance",
"line dance"
],
[
"square dance",
"square dance"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(dance) The person who directs dancers in certain dances, such as American line dances and square dances."
],
"topics": [
"dance",
"dancing",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"sports"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈkɔːlə/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈkɔlɚ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈkɑlɚ/",
"tags": [
"cot-caught-merger"
]
},
{
"homophone": "collar (in accents with the cot-caught merger)"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔːlə(ɹ)"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-caller.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e8/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-caller.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-caller.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e8/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-caller.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-caller.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "the person who makes a telephone call",
"word": "volající"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "the person who makes a telephone call",
"word": "beller"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "the person who makes a telephone call",
"word": "soittaja"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "the person who makes a telephone call",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "téléphoneur"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "the person who makes a telephone call",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "appelant"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "the person who makes a telephone call",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Anrufer"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "the person who makes a telephone call",
"word": "hívó"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "the person who makes a telephone call",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "telefonker"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "the person who makes a telephone call",
"word": "dzwoniący"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "the person who makes a telephone call",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "chamador"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zvonjaščij",
"sense": "the person who makes a telephone call",
"word": "звонящий"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "the person who makes a telephone call",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "llamador"
}
],
"word": "caller"
}
{
"categories": [
"Scots adjectives",
"Scots entries with incorrect language header",
"Scots lemmas",
"Scots terms derived from Middle English",
"Scots terms derived from Old English",
"Scots terms inherited from Middle English",
"Scots terms inherited from Old English",
"Scots terms with IPA pronunciation"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "enm",
"3": "calver",
"id": "flaky",
"t": "interspersed with flakes"
},
"expansion": "Middle English calver (“interspersed with flakes”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "ang",
"3": "calwer"
},
"expansion": "Old English calwer",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "calver"
},
"expansion": "English calver",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English calver (“interspersed with flakes”), from Old English calwer. Cognate with English calver.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "mair caller",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "maist caller",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"10": "maist caller",
"11": "",
"12": "",
"13": "",
"14": "",
"2": "adjective",
"3": "comparative",
"4": "mair caller",
"5": "",
"6": "",
"7": "",
"8": "",
"9": "superlative"
},
"expansion": "caller (comparative mair caller, superlative maist caller)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "caller (comparative mair caller, superlative maist caller)",
"name": "sco-adj"
}
],
"lang": "Scots",
"lang_code": "sco",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "Wha'll buy my caller herrin’, / New drawn frae the Forth? (Caroline Oliphaunt, ‘Caller Herrin'’)"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Fresh (of food, especially fish)."
],
"links": [
[
"Fresh",
"fresh"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Cool."
],
"links": [
[
"Cool",
"cool"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈkɑlər/"
}
],
"word": "caller"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.